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Paul Graham: Essays
Mean People Fail
over a year ago
Noahpinion
Why on Earth does Trump want to cancel the CHIPS Act?? A second Trump presidency would truly be a gift to Xi Jinping.
a month ago
Tech + Economics +...
TikTok is revolutionizing news consumption - by eroding context. The metamorphosis of news consumption is undeniable. TikTok, rising from the ashes of Vine and the...
a year ago
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a year ago
The metamorphosis of news consumption is undeniable. TikTok, rising from the ashes of Vine and the gradual decline of Instagram, captivated a new generation, becoming a primary news source for many. This seismic shift towards snackable, viral news content brings a host of...
Paul Graham: Essays
Writing, Briefly
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Lost In The Future Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last...
a month ago
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a month ago
Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last week. Seemingly every single person on Earth with a blog has tried to drill down into what happened on November 5 — to find the people to blame, to somehow explain what could&
Stephen Diehl
Decentralized Woo Hoo
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Online extremism linked to rise in school shootings in Brazil, researchers find After a rise in shootings, an all-woman group is advising the new Brazilian government on how to...
a year ago
Steve Blank
How To Find Your Customer In the Dept of Defense – The Directory of DoD Program Executive Offices Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to?...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Finding a customer for your product in the Department of Defense is hard: Who should you talk to? How do you get their attention? How do you know if they have money to spend on your product? It almost always starts with a Program Executive Office. The Department of Defense (DoD)...
SatPost by Trung...
The Science and History of the iPhone Screen In 2007, one conversation convinced Steve Jobs to pick Corning and Gorilla Glass for the iPhone.
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Post-Medium Publishing
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Netflix and thrill: the hunt for the next Squid Game in Southeast Asia As Amazon and Disney step back, Netflix invests in “locally authentic” content to grab subscribers...
3 months ago
Stephen Diehl
Purely Narrative-driven Bubbles
over a year ago
Steve Blank
A Simple Map for Innovation at Scale An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
An edited version of this article previously appeared in the Boston Consulting Group’s strategy think tank website. I spent last week at a global Fortune 50 company offsite watching them grapple with disruption. This 100+-year-old company has seven major product divisions, each...
42!
Optimising bank working hours Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This is probably an out of date concept these days, however if...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Photo by Museums Victoria on Unsplash This is probably an out of date concept these days, however if you ever ran a traditional business back in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s as I did, one of the most frustrating things ever was trying to get my banking done over the counter. Almost...
Rest of World -...
This delivery app takes away health insurance when workers don’t meet quotas Rest of World spoke with 40 riders for Swiggy in India. Many described losing coverage when they...
8 months ago
Rest of World -...
The obscure social media app beloved by China’s tech scene Jike might be the most important social network in Chinese tech.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Domestic work in Vietnam: The 5-star butler who naps on the steps She cooks, cleans, and has a key. But she also naps in stairwells and eats in hallways.
a year ago
Tech + Economics +...
The eternal victimhood of the right-wing mind. The right-wing has become obsessed with what they term the 'Victimhood Olympics.' Conservative...
a year ago
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a year ago
The right-wing has become obsessed with what they term the 'Victimhood Olympics.' Conservative politicians and pundits have made a cottage industry out of the idea that progressives indulge in a competitive display of grievances, vying for the spotlight of sympathy and the...
David Perell
The Jerry Seinfeld Guide to Writing Writing and editing should be separate activities.  When I’m in this creation mode, I shoot for a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Writing and editing should be separate activities.  When I’m in this creation mode, I shoot for a flow state. I keep my fingertips on the keyboard and measure progress by how many words I put on the page.  My physical environment helps me be generative too. If I’m sitting down at...
Roberto Vitillo's...
Counting at scale How engaged are users for a certain segment of the population? How many users are actively using a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
How engaged are users for a certain segment of the population? How many users are actively using a new feature? One way to answer that…
Rest of World -...
Shopee, the juggernaut that fended off Amazon Featuring a whirlwind of discounts, the Sea Group-owned app is popular from Indonesia to Taiwan.
a year ago
Data Boutique
How To Monitor Retailer's Prices A Practical Data Boutique Use Case
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Traditional multinationals are making their mark on Latin American tech The region’s conservative corporations are finding different ways to get into technology.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Three levels of enthusiasm for technology Most businesses today believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Most businesses today believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But they embrace technology with varying levels…
Paul Graham: Essays
Persuade xor Discover
over a year ago
David Perell
How Learning Happens From music, we learn what humanity has always known but schools have forgotten: learning begins with...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
From music, we learn what humanity has always known but schools have forgotten: learning begins with inspiration. The post How Learning Happens appeared first on David Perell.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#21) Saudi oil, delayed economic optimism, the EV revolution, U.S. education performance, Indian...
a year ago
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a year ago
Saudi oil, delayed economic optimism, the EV revolution, U.S. education performance, Indian industrialization, and Chinese urbanism
Paul Graham: Essays
Investor Herd Dynamics
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Good and Bad Procrastination
over a year ago
Articles - Alex...
What’s the big idea? To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
To make a big impact, we need a big idea. In brand communications, coveting the ‘big idea’ is commonplace. We look for them. Long for them. Laud them and lionise them. And yet, despite its ubiquitous use, the ‘big idea’ remains incredibly ill-defined. This article is an...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
The ideal startup career path For most people I know who join or start companies, the primary goal is not to get rich – it is to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
For most people I know who join or start companies, the primary goal is not to get rich – it is to work on something they love, with people…
Platformer
Twitter’s risky plan to save its ads business Agree to personalize your ads — or else
over a year ago
42!
Embracing AI I could only avoid AI in my startup for so long before I actually found a use for it… How I used...
a year ago
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a year ago
I could only avoid AI in my startup for so long before I actually found a use for it… How I used ChatGPT to make the life of my support team easier.
Noahpinion
Five things to be optimistic about in America today Enough doom and gloom, let's allow ourselves a moment of happiness.
8 months ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#17) Techno-optimism, the mighty U.S. economy, Chinese real estate, slavery's economic effects, and the...
a year ago
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a year ago
Techno-optimism, the mighty U.S. economy, Chinese real estate, slavery's economic effects, and the danger of hate on social media. Plus, rescue rabbits.
Rest of World -...
Why Meta still needs China You can take Facebook out of China, but you can’t take China out of Facebook.
a year ago
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#24) Economists had a good 2023, degrowthers promising growth, the troubles in the humanities, U.S....
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Economists had a good 2023, degrowthers promising growth, the troubles in the humanities, U.S. redistribution, and defense production
cdixon.org RSS Feed
How to disrupt Wall Street Sarah Lacy has a very interesting post on TechCrunch where she argues that the internet is finally...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Sarah Lacy has a very interesting post on TechCrunch where she argues that the internet is finally starting to disrupt Wall Street. I’d love…
Data Boutique
5 Reasons You Should Stop Web Scraping An approach to web data as a service
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Don’t shop your term sheet There are all sorts of protocols in the VC world. Most of them make sense upon further examination,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are all sorts of protocols in the VC world. Most of them make sense upon further examination, but if you’re a first time entrepreneur…
XO Capital - Field...
We 10x-ed screenshotapi.net and sold it Before we jump in, I was on a pod talking through content, acquisitions, etc: This exit is bitter...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Before we jump in, I was on a pod talking through content, acquisitions, etc: This exit is bitter sweet. Screenshot was our first ever acquisition. We 10x-ed it, and it is really the reason XO exists today. If this first acquisition hadn't gone well, I think I would
Paul Graham: Essays
How to Get New Ideas
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
Latin American startups embrace OpenAI, but at what cost? The region’s early-stage startups get less funding than their U.S. counterparts, making AI...
a year ago
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a year ago
The region’s early-stage startups get less funding than their U.S. counterparts, making AI tools-for-hire an onerous new expense.
Noahpinion
Why rabbits? Towards a better, floofier world.
a year ago
Roberto Vitillo's...
How distributed systems fail At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes,...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
At scale, any failure that can happen will eventually happen. Hardware failures, software crashes, memory leaks - you name it. The more…
Rest of World -...
The regional flavors of labor-on-demand A new report digs into the social dynamics of gig work.
8 months ago
Business Brainstorms
Cubicles, boring first ideas, luck surface math, and spirituality has to go somewhere Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “Is there anything a corp can do to break out of a...
Working Theorys
The "High Potential" Handicap | Theory No. 20 "Smart" kids are always praised for their high potential. They’re deemed inherently capable of so...
a year ago
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a year ago
"Smart" kids are always praised for their high potential. They’re deemed inherently capable of so much, largely because of their natural talents. They can do anything they want, if they just try.
Rest of World -...
Turn it up: Rest of World’s 2023 global party playlist Impress your friends by queuing up these chart-topping pop songs from the countries we cover.
a year ago
AVC
Voice Input Smartphones have had voice input for over a decade now and yet I don’t know that many people who use...
a year ago
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a year ago
Smartphones have had voice input for over a decade now and yet I don’t know that many people who use voice input regularly. I would guess that maybe 10 to 20% of smartphone users are using voice input regularly. That’s a guess based on absolutely no data other than observing...
Rest of World -...
Using AI to revive nostalgia — and preserve Hong Kong’s past Michael Chang, CEO of Capture.HK, talks about how the company helps digitize old albums and video...
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
How to select your angel investors I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I’ve seen a number of situations recently that are something like the following.  A VC firm signs a term sheet with an early stage company…
Noahpinion
The perverse incentives of euthanasia Suggesting that people die is not a good way of saving taxpayer money.
8 months ago
Data Boutique
From Zero to a Fully Automated Web Data Pipeline Step by step guide
a year ago
Tom Blomfield
Automate Everything Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Performing manual, repetitive tasks enrages me. I used to think this was a corollary of being a programmer, but I’ve come to suspect (or hope) that this behaviour is inherent in being human. But being able to hack together scripts simply makes it much easier to go from a state of...
Noahpinion
Why it's so hard to fix the information ecosystem Misinformation is a job; correcting misinformation is a hobby.
a year ago
Noahpinion
Three holes in the U.S.' economic strategy against China Legacy chips, drones, and coordination with allies.
6 months ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Godot Isn't Making it Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title. What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new terms of the present? What
Noahpinion
How did the U.S. achieve a soft landing? Four simple theories.
a year ago
Rest of World -...
Pressured to relocate, Microsoft’s AI researchers in China must choose between homeland and career As geopolitical tensions grow, many employees have decided that a career with the Silicon Valley...
5 months ago
Stephen Diehl
A Haskell Implementation Reading List
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
How You Know
over a year ago
Essays - Benedict...
Ads, privacy and confusion Privacy is coming to the internet and cookies are going away. This is long overdue - but we don’t...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Privacy is coming to the internet and cookies are going away. This is long overdue - but we don’t know what happens next, we don’t have much consensus on what online privacy actually means, and most of what’s on the table conflicts fundamentally with competition.
Noahpinion
At least five interesting things for the middle of your week (#31) Indian poverty reduction, America's friends, Canada's economy, Europe grows a spine, and Japan's...
9 months ago
Rest of World -...
The changing face of protest Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
Mass protests used to offer a degree of safety in numbers. Facial recognition technology changes the equation.
Paul Graham: Essays
Better Bayesian Filtering
over a year ago
Raw Thought (from...
What Happens in
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
The Haskell Elephant in the Room
over a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Competition is overrated Your #1 competitor starting out will always be the BACK button, nothing else. – Garry Tan Suppose...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Your #1 competitor starting out will always be the BACK button, nothing else. – Garry Tan Suppose you have an idea for a startup, and then…
Rest of World -...
Chinese factory owners are becoming TikTok comedians to find new business partners Factory influencers are producing actually funny videos on TikTok, Instagram, and WeChat to increase...
5 months ago
Working Theorys
Trophy Jobs | Theory No. 12 We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol,...
a year ago
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a year ago
We’ve all heard of the trophy wife or husband — a partner that’s valued heavily as a status symbol, for superficial qualities over substance. Similarly, I’ve started to think about the idea of the trophy job — a job that people covet for its status more than its substance.
Business Brainstorms
A/B QR, how to run a business, airport rides, high-growth Asia-Pacific companies, lessons from Keith... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “i want to go to a doctor that will run every single...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Underhyping your startup I recently tweeted: New early-stage start up trend: get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I recently tweeted: New early-stage start up trend: get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors. Chris Sacca agreed: @cdixon…
Stephen Diehl
On Unintentional Scams
over a year ago
Rest of World -...
India’s plan to export its wildly successful digital payments system After starting cross-border payments with Singapore, India is now setting up more international...
a year ago
Noahpinion
The free world teeters on the edge of a knife If Trump is elected, there will be no liberal great powers left in the world.
2 months ago
Noahpinion
People's Park and the Great American Infill After the 1970s, we agreed to all let each other have our space. That's over.
11 months ago
Noahpinion
Plentiful, high-paying jobs in the age of AI Comparative advantage is very subtle, but incredibly powerful.
9 months ago
Rest of World -...
Can a church exist exclusively on the internet? Inside the emerging virtual-preaching economy in internet-obsessed Kenya.
4 months ago
Noahpinion
The reverse OPEC maneuver Pricing power in the oil industry is shifting, and will shift more.
a year ago
SatPost by Trung...
Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos Enter a Room In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
In December 2000, the founders of Apple and Amazon were invited to critique a demo of the Segway. It was a wild two-hour session filled with gem quotes and business insights.
cdixon.org RSS Feed
New York City is poised for a tech revival One thing that was puzzling about the “web 2.0 boom” from 2003-2008 was how irrelevant the East...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
One thing that was puzzling about the “web 2.0 boom” from 2003-2008 was how irrelevant the East Coast, and particular New York City, was…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Techies and normals There are techies (if you are reading this blog you are almost certainly one of them) and there are...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
There are techies (if you are reading this blog you are almost certainly one of them) and there are mainstream users – some people call them…
David Perell
People Don’t Actually Read People don’t read as much as they say they do. This trend is accelerating too. I’m in a friend group...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People don’t read as much as they say they do. This trend is accelerating too. I’m in a friend group of intellectually curious people, and just about everybody says they’re reading fewer books than they used to. But at the risk of sounding like your 5th grade English teacher,...
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Nine reasons screenshots are awesome By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
By taking a screenshot, you can “export” from any app on any device. You can “import” screenshots back into any app that imports photos…
Steve Blank
Mapping the Unknown – The Ten Steps to Map Any Industry A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step  Lǎozi 老子 I just had lunch with Shenwei, one of my ex-students who had just taken a job in a mid-sized consulting firm.  After a bit of catching up I offered he was looking a bit lost. “I just got handed a project to […]
Rest of World -...
China is betting on battery swaps to tackle EV chargers shortage Rarely seen globally, there are already thousands of battery swap stations across China.
8 months ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Chris Sacca on the implied user contract Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Chris Sacca nicely summarized today’s FB vs Google vs Twitter controversy: It comes down to what each company has promised its users…
Platformer
YouTube restores Trump Meta explained its Trump decision in full. YouTube went another direction
a year ago
Internal Tech Emails
Facebook vs. TikTok | Elon Musk emails Tesla's board Today we see a shift towards social media products serving as “discovery engines.”
over a year ago
Stephen Diehl
How to Destroy Bitcoin
over a year ago
Platformer
In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO Is the job Steve Davis' to lose? PLUS: A smart new tool to fight child exploitation online
a year ago
Working Theorys
Membership clubs & desktop apps are back. And more things I talked about over coffee & dinner this week.
7 months ago
Steve Blank
Here’s What Happened When Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks visited Stanford’s Gordian... It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It was an honor to host US Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Kathleen Hicks at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.  (Think of the Deputy Secretary of Defense as the Chief Operating Officer of a company – but in this case the company has 3 million...
Data Boutique
How Data Boutique Works #1: Data Auctions The data auction system explained
9 months ago
Rest of World -...
India shuts down the internet far more than any other country The country had 771 blackouts between 2016 and 2023, and there have been 51 so far this year. We...
2 months ago
Steve Blank
Startups that Have Employees In Offices Grow 3½ Times Faster This article previously appeared in EIX – Entreprenuers and Innovators Exchange. Data shows that...
a year ago
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a year ago
This article previously appeared in EIX – Entreprenuers and Innovators Exchange. Data shows that pre-seed and seed startups with employees showing up in a physical office have 3½ times higher revenue growth than those that are solely remote. Let the discussion begin. During the...
Blog posts of...
Sh*t! Twitter is exciting - again! Every epoch in the history of humanity had a raw resource that became the key to commercial success...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every epoch in the history of humanity had a raw resource that became the key to commercial success that time. Similar to companie...
Blog posts of...
ADHD 🧠 I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I want to preface this by saying that I have only a mild case of ADHD, eg I don’t take any medication. I get regularly asked about...
Noahpinion
Putin is a rest stop on the road of post-Soviet collapse The narrative of Russian revitalization is more hype than reality.
a year ago
cdixon.org RSS Feed
Developing new startup ideas If you want to start a company and are working on new ideas, here’s how I’ve always done it and how...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you want to start a company and are working on new ideas, here’s how I’ve always done it and how I recommend you do it.  Be the opposite…
cdixon.org RSS Feed
"The Not So Global Internet" Fred Wilson writes about how frustrating it is when companies break the internet: We are in the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Fred Wilson writes about how frustrating it is when companies break the internet: We are in the caribbean this week celebrating the year end…
Business Brainstorms
💡 Business Brainstorms 💡- My favorite ideas of the week Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! #1 💡 It's cool that smartphones have become all-in-one devices. But at...
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 2 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Rest of World -...
The workers at the frontlines of the AI revolution The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and...
a year ago
Noahpinion
Democrats fixed many of the problems of the early 2020s It's nice to have leaders who hear what people care about and deliver results.
a month ago
Rest of World -...
Bringing the Philippines’ beloved mom-and-pop stores into the 21st century Local startups are working to digitize sari-sari shops, or convenience stores, which are a large...
5 months ago
Inverted Passion
How to increase wealth for everyone I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’ve started reading The Capitalist Manifesto, a book full of data on how free markets generate prosperity. The author is nuanced and uses data and logic to show how we should be rooting for capitalism (instead of bringing it down). Income and wealth inequality created as a...
David Perell
Annual Review 2020 Writing this Annual Review, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate.  While some people spent the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Writing this Annual Review, I realize that I’m incredibly fortunate.  While some people spent the quarantine alone, I moved into my childhood home and spent five months with family. While America saw the worst unemployment spike in recent history, my business grew because the...
Aaron's Essays
Exceptionalism Startups that do well often follow a set of common principles. These principles influence how they...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Startups that do well often follow a set of common principles. These principles influence how they develop products, build teams, raise money, and get customers. The most successful startups, though, are exceptional and often seem to go against these principles in various ways....
Internal Tech Emails
Barry Diller: Facebook is trying to "steal" Tinder's cofounder Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Their attempts to hire Sean away from us potentially indicate they believe something like Tinder could be replicated by them. I’d like to avoid that, though I don’t know that FB itself makes it that much more likely to succeed than anyone else.
Essays - Benedict...
There’s no such thing as data Data is the new oil, we are told. Every country needs a data strategy, and all of us should own...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Data is the new oil, we are told. Every country needs a data strategy, and all of us should own our data, and be paid for it. But really, there is no such thing as data, it’s not yours, and it’s not worth anything.
Noahpinion
Market-rate housing will make your city cheaper Yes, market-rate!
9 months ago
Platformer
Elon's war on Substack How Twitter is breaking — and its CEO is accelerating its fall
a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Requiem for Raghavan Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming...
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Last week, Prabhakar Raghavan was relieved of duty as Senior Vice President of Search, becoming Google's "Chief Technologist."  An important rule to follow with somebody's title in Silicon Valley is that if you can't tell what it means, it probably doesn&
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Sam Altman Is Full Of Shit Note: In my last newsletter, I said that my next post would be the second part of my Facebook...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Note: In my last newsletter, I said that my next post would be the second part of my Facebook autopsy. Don’t worry, that’s still coming, but given the recent drama between Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Scarlett Johansson, I felt the need to write something. Don’
Platformer
The AI is eating itself Early notes on how generative AI is affecting the internet
a year ago
Noahpinion
How not to be fooled by viral charts Part 1: How to spot misinformation, mistakes, and meaningless data
a year ago
Platformer
Google goes to court On the eve of a major antitrust trial — and its 25th birthday — the company is bracing for a fight
a year ago
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a year ago
On the eve of a major antitrust trial — and its 25th birthday — the company is bracing for a fight
Blog posts of...
Joining hypergrowth startups 😬 I am writing this for a friend joining an early-stage breakout startup (year 2; $200M+ valuation). I...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I am writing this for a friend joining an early-stage breakout startup (year 2; $200M+ valuation). I wrote it as bullet points as...
Rest of World -...
How to launch a Chinese smartphone in Mexico Antonio Tercero is guiding Infinix’s Mexico expansion, facing off against Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo.
11 months ago
Essays - Benedict...
Retail, search and Amazon’s $40bn ‘advertising’ business Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire...
a year ago
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a year ago
Amazon sold close to $40bn of advertising last year - bigger than Prime, bigger than the entire global newspaper industry and probably more profitable than AWS. But is this really advertising, rent, or something else? And what does that mean for Google?
Rest of World -...
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Builders and extractors Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more...
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Tim O’Reilly poses a question every entrepreneur and investor should consider: are you creating more value for others than you capture for…
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I use apple’s keyboard “text” shortcodes to setup a lot of things i have to type regularly. It’s easily one of my favorite productivity hacks!
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Money can't buy happiness, but it can get you pretty damn close. As the second richest man alive,  Elon Musk should be rolling electric coal down Rodeo Drive in a cybertruck, smugly aware of the fact that, despite what the haters say, he's kind of
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A massive misallocation of online advertising dollars In an earlier blog post, I talked about how sites that generate purchasing intent (mainly “content”...
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Overworked and unable to quit: Delivery drivers in Brazil found something worse than gig work Trapped in a subcontracting nightmare, some delivery drivers are facing grueling hours, low pay, and...
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The most popular payment app in the Philippines has a side bet: online gambling The GCash app is ubiquitous in the Philippines, and is being blamed for rising gambling addiction in...
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How WhatsApp ate the world WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.
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Meet the mothers in small-town Hungary leading a fight against Chinese EV battery plants Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s goal to turn Hungary into a global EV battery hub is facing...
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Mexico’s growing e-commerce infrastructure is built on top of its smallest shops Amazon and MercadoLibre get all the credit, but it’s really a patchwork of mom-and-pop shops that...
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Flash Loans: Why Flash Attacks will be the New Normal Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to...
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Flash loans have been the center of attention lately. Recently two hackers used flash loans to attack the margin trading protocol bZx, first in a $350K attack and later in a $600K copycat attack. These attacks were, in a word, magnificent. In each attack, a penniless attacker...
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Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+ ‪Apple TV is a hardware device. ‪Apple TV is an app on Apple TV that curates content you can buy...
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‪Apple TV is a hardware device. ‪Apple TV is an app on Apple TV that curates content you can buy from Apple and also content you can stream through other installed apps (but not all apps, and there is no way to tell which ones). Apple TV is an app on iOS/iPadOS devices that...
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An internet of people Over the past few years, a bunch of web-based marketplaces have gotten popular – Etsy, Kickstarter,...
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Over the past few years, a bunch of web-based marketplaces have gotten popular – Etsy, Kickstarter, AirBnb, to name a few. Many of these…
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I read the article. It is weak sauce and still makes me sound like a liar. It is filled with equivocation and in no way indicates the strong interest you conveyed in person.
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Bootstrapped to death: why America’s favourite saying is strangling mobility The old saying goes that anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps - if they work hard...
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The old saying goes that anyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps - if they work hard enough. There's this pervasive and poisonous idea that success or failure rests solely on the individual and their effort. And if you don't make it, if you don't lift yourself out...
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"The business plans of the next 10,000 startups are easy to forecast: Take X and add AI." Kevin Kelly thinks artificial intelligence is finally ready deliver on its promise: The AI on the...
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Latin Americans are the world’s most in-demand remote workers They still struggle to get paid in a volatile region, though, with many asking for payment in...
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OpenAI cuts its last and most important link to China A milestone in the militarization of AI.
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My goal is simple: Be a man of my word. Do what I say I'm going to do, when I say I'm going to do it. That means showing up on schedule, communicating clearly, and getting things done on time. The post Own It Mentality appeared first on David Perell.
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Jeff Bezos long shunned ads. However, Amazon's juicy first-party data has enabled it to compete with Alphabet and Meta in the new digital advertising landscape.
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Thirty-eight years since the launch of e-filing, the IRS will pilot its own tax filing system ending two decades of Intuit's regulatory capture of the tax software market
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In the “Galapagos of Asia,” angry Philippine islanders fight the great nickel rush “It’s very ironic that, in order to mitigate the impact of global warming, you have to cut down our...
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“It’s very ironic that, in order to mitigate the impact of global warming, you have to cut down our trees … just to support the initiatives of Elon Musk.”
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How the meteoric rise of The Beatles helps to explain Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour, on pace to be the first tour ever to gross $1B.
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Amazon needs to be clear about removing items on behalf of authoritarian governments It's too easy to quietly order the removal of pages or products.
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Is a $100 Million Enough? Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a...
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Capitalism has been good to me. After serving in the military during Vietnam, I came home and had a career in eight startups. I got to retire when I was 45. Over the last quarter century, in my third career, I helped create the methods entrepreneurs use to build new startups,...
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Uber drivers are melting amid Nigeria’s historic heat wave and record fuel prices As temperatures soar and fuel prices triple, drivers are having to choose between their health and...
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Great Products Have Great Premises The most powerful thing a product can do is give its user a premise.
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Nigeria’s Ogun State wants to lead the country’s EV revolution But experts fear long-term success may not follow as Nigeria lags other African countries when it...
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Climate messaging, antitrust, Chinese consumption, the Fed and inflation, marriage and happiness, historical data, and some Star Trek recommendations
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Apple Card disabled my iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a...
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About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a curious error. The internet is filled with stories from people whose Google accounts were locked for unexplained reasons, causing them to lose all of their data, including years of...
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Why African governments must prioritize affordable internet and smartphones Lacina Koné of Smart Africa discusses the continent’s digital transformation and potential.
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It’s not that seed investors are smarter – it’s that entrepreneurs are Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed...
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Paul Kedrosky recently speculated that there might be seed fund “crash” looming. Liz Gannes followed up by suggesting seed investors are a…
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ChatGPT and the Imagenet moment The wave of enthusiasm around generative networks feels like another Imagenet moment - a step...
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The wave of enthusiasm around generative networks feels like another Imagenet moment - a step change in what ‘AI’ can do that could generalise far beyond the cool demos. What can it create, and where are the humans in the loop?
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Beware value capture Tech apps influence our behaviour through metrics. Don't follow them blindly.
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In defense of science fiction New technology is usually good, and it's good for sci-fi to inspire it.
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How we "judo'd" a server outage to create a customer evangelist Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I was listening to Arvid Kahl’s latest podcast episode on my...
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Photo by Erik Mclean on Unsplash I was listening to Arvid Kahl’s latest podcast episode on my morning walk today, where he talked about Facebook’s recent 6 hour outage, and how you can ‘judo’ negative things like server downtime into a positive outcome. As a former student of the...
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Why did the U.S. miss the battery revolution? We were early to the party on every other technological revolution, but we missed this one.
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Doctor-influencers are going viral in China, provoking authorities Fueled by the pandemic, medical professionals have cashed in on Douyin, dispensing advice and...
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LinkedIn is not a social or professional network, it's a learning network The world of work is changing.
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I have a confession to make: I leave most parties early because I’d rather read a book. That’s not what I tell people though. Usually, I make up an excuse. Something like “Oh, I have early plans in the morning.” I don’t like being deceptive, but there’s no socially acceptable way...
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When to join a startup Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to...
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Something has changed in the last few years which has made an increasing number of people want to join startups. It seemed to start around the time the Social Network movie came out - perhaps it’s just a coincidence, but part of me imagines a group of MBAs sitting around watching...
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It’s hard to believe today, but 10 years ago Wikipedia was widely considered a doomed experiment… Today, Wikipedia is widely considered an invaluable resource. There are occasional errors and...
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Indonesia’s e-bike shops are building their own batteries Battery-pack builders chase maximum range, despite safety risks.
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This article first appeared in West Point’s Modern War Institute. We just had our final session of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed the class to give our students insights on how commercial technology (AI, machine...
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Against 3X Speed Mike boastfully reads 100 books per year. He listens to audiobooks at 3x speed whenever he drives...
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Mike boastfully reads 100 books per year. He listens to audiobooks at 3x speed whenever he drives and swears he can remember it all. His browser has a plugin that lets him speed up YouTube videos, and for a while, he listened to podcasts on a special app because of its unique...
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MicroStrategy's $37B+ Bitcoin Bet How Michael Saylor turned a B2B software company into one of the world's largest owners of Bitcoin.
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The end of anonymity on Chinese social media Forced to use real names on platforms like Weibo, Chinese influencers quit social media instead.
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Online privacy: what’s at stake It is widely believed that a flourishing democracy requires an independent, diverse, and financially...
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It is widely believed that a flourishing democracy requires an independent, diverse, and financially solvent press.  With print newspapers…
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Uphold territorial integrity An organizing principle for U.S. power in the 21st century.
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“Ether is a necessary element — a fuel — for operating the distributed application platform… “Ether is a necessary element — a fuel — for operating the distributed application platform...
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A los habitantes de la Isla Paulino se les prometió baterías de litio para reducir el uso de generadores. El proyecto se frenó. Mientras tanto, las exportaciones de litio crecen.
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Narrative Aircover & Compound Narrative “I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I’ve never been able...
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“I read in a book once that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I’ve never been able to believe it. I don’t believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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Before you start celebrating a possible Tesla factory in India … There are ecological and economic challenges that the Indian government must not ignore as it woos...
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Building an "Everything" app — encompassing payments, commerce, messaging, etc — hinges critically on universal appeal and acceptance. The concept is predicated on inclusivity, which means the app must cater to a diverse user base with varying beliefs, backgrounds, and...
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A shared burden: rethinking cybersecurity post the 23andMe breach. TechCrunch: 23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached But in a...
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TechCrunch: 23andMe tells victims it’s their fault that their data was breached But in a letter sent to a group of hundreds of 23andMe users who are now suing the company, 23andMe said that “users negligently recycled and failed to update their passwords...
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The Big Tariffs are here Biden just slapped a 100% tax on Chinese car imports. Here's what that will and won't accomplish.
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Biden just slapped a 100% tax on Chinese car imports. Here's what that will and won't accomplish.
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Apple's M&A Strategy, Explained PLUS: Chick-fil-A, Duolingo, Bitcoin rally.
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How the Brazil riots change Facebook's Trump equation After a new string of riots against democracy, let's game out whether Meta should restore the former...
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After a new string of riots against democracy, let's game out whether Meta should restore the former president's account
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The augmented-reality app helping Muslims pray toward Mecca Miqat uses 360-degree views and mapping software to help users determine the exact right direction...
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Bedrock programming “Bedrock programming” is a phrase used to describe a style of programming that favors building code...
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“Bedrock programming” is a phrase used to describe a style of programming that favors building code from the ground up versus reusing…
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Some thoughts on mobile People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people...
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People tend to lump smartphones and tablets together as “mobile”. This can be misleading. Ask people who run internet companies and they’ll…
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How Mexico learned to stop worrying and love EVs Despite its standing as a global auto manufacturing power, Mexico’s position as a hub for electric...
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Despite its standing as a global auto manufacturing power, Mexico’s position as a hub for electric vehicles was far from given until recently.
AVC
Machine Learning and Schools I read last week that the NYC Department of Education has banned ChatGPT from its networks and...
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I read last week that the NYC Department of Education has banned ChatGPT from its networks and devices. I understand that reaction and mentioned the issues that AI/ML create for educators in a post a few weeks ago. I attended a dinner this past week with USV portfolio founders...
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Founders - Don't just build another job for yourself I was having pre-Christmas lunch with Paul*, one of my best friends from middle school a couple of...
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I was having pre-Christmas lunch with Paul*, one of my best friends from middle school a couple of weeks back. However, as soon as he sat down at our table and I asked him how he was, he surprisingly announced that he would be closing his business at the end of the year. I was...
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Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.
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Pakistani YouTubers are exposing the dangers of illegal migration to Europe Political instability, economic crisis, natural disasters, and the promise of a better life abroad...
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Dividing free and paid features in “freemium” products One of the most difficult decisions to make when developing a “freemium” product is how to divide...
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One of the most difficult decisions to make when developing a “freemium” product is how to divide the product between free and paid features…
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Jony Ive, Meta AR, Visa Monopoly and the Legend of Robert Caro PLUS: An incredible tech roast by John Mulaney.
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The “LadyGrab” program was meant to protect women drivers. It backfired Quick-fix policies have accidentally left female drivers open to harassment and affected their...
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Drafting your first investment round. The topic of investing is omnipresent in our startup world. Sooner or later most startup founders...
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The topic of investing is omnipresent in our startup world. Sooner or later most startup founders look for external funding. And i...
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AI and problems of scale Generative AI means things that were always possible at a small scale now become practical to...
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Generative AI means things that were always possible at a small scale now become practical to automate at a massive scale. Sometimes a change in scale is a change in principle.
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Keybase: bringing public-key cryptography to mainstream users Today I’m excited to announce that a16z is leading a $10.8M Series A financing of Keybase, a company...
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Today I’m excited to announce that a16z is leading a $10.8M Series A financing of Keybase, a company that is trying to make the internet…
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Some thoughts on startup crowdfunding Like a lot of people, I’m excited about crowdfunding, and specifically the crowdfunding of startups...
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Like a lot of people, I’m excited about crowdfunding, and specifically the crowdfunding of startups now that’s it’s legal in the US. Based…
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Facebook’s response to Yahoo’s patent lawsuit Like many in tech, I believe all software patents should be abolished. That said, I think Facebook...
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Like many in tech, I believe all software patents should be abolished. That said, I think Facebook made the right move by filing a lawsuit…
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What every developer should know about TCP Why do you need to place your servers geographically close to your users? One of the reasons is to...
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Why do you need to place your servers geographically close to your users? One of the reasons is to achieve lower latencies. That makes a lot…
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Raise less money Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that good companies are increasingly over-diluting themselves...
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Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that good companies are increasingly over-diluting themselves in their seed and A rounds. Counterintuitively, dilution seems to rise along with price. One would expect the opposite correlation. Strong founders who command high prices should...
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The block button is the ultimate source of dopamine. Use it. I’m seeing this debate pop up on Threads and Mastodon, and I’ve speed-run the whole discourse so...
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I’m seeing this debate pop up on Threads and Mastodon, and I’ve speed-run the whole discourse so many times from Twitter to Bluesky that I’m exhausted. But let me be clear. It's perfectly okay to use the block function on any and every single platform. Block whoever you...
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"The Future of Reading Depends on the Future of Learning Difficult to Learn Things" Socrates’ complaints about writing included “Writing removes the need to remember”. He meant that a...
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Socrates’ complaints about writing included “Writing removes the need to remember”. He meant that a prosthetic brace on a healthy limb will…
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Reflections on 2020 I feel kind of conflicted writing this, because 2020 was a horror of a year for most people around...
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I feel kind of conflicted writing this, because 2020 was a horror of a year for most people around the world. Instead, for me, and my family, it was somewhat of a start of new beginnings and some huge wins. I feel that I have finally stepped out of a decade long black tunnel,...
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Chinese internet trolls are adopting American racism to taunt Black users Users are harassing Black creators with profile pictures of white police officers.
a year ago
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Why Amazon isn’t the Amazon of Latin America The paradox of e-commerce
a year ago
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Question from a reader I’ve gotten some emails recently from readers of this blog with questions about early stage...
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over a year ago
I’ve gotten some emails recently from readers of this blog with questions about early stage startups.  I’m sorry if I haven’t responded to…
Paul Graham: Essays
What You (Want to)* Want
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The entrepreneur trying to make thrifting truly eco-friendly with AI Nofal Khan is the co-founder and CEO of Swag Kicks, one of Pakistan’s largest online thrift...
7 months ago
Nothing Human
Against Positive-Sum Thinking why conflict is necessary
a year ago
Platformer
The TikTok bans are accelerating With a key vote scheduled for tonight, the company's options are growing limited
a year ago
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“Otherwise do something else” I remember back when I started my first company, a friend said to me “get ready to have a knot in...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I remember back when I started my first company, a friend said to me “get ready to have a knot in your stomach and feel nauseous for years…
Noahpinion
Do poor countries need a new development strategy? Bangladesh and Southeast Asia are defying the economists who say industrialization is dead.
10 months ago
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The only college major that matters If you want to work in venture capital focusing on internet/software companies, or start one of...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
If you want to work in venture capital focusing on internet/software companies, or start one of those companies, or work as an employee in…
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Pitching the VC partnership The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The last step to raising venture capital is normally a 1 hour pitch to the whole partnership during their weekly monday meeting.  This is…
Paul Graham: Essays
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
a year ago
Raw Thought (from...
Believe you can change
over a year ago
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AngelList is the NASDAQ of our generation. It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It’s fair to say that Angellist is the most exciting (web/mobile) tech startup in 2013. Even before they launched syndicates, earl...
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Why the integrated approach to mobile devices is winning Until last week’s announcement of the new Surface tablet, Microsoft had taken the same approach to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Until last week’s announcement of the new Surface tablet, Microsoft had taken the same approach to mobile devices that they had with PCs…
Aaron's Essays
I and We Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Starting a company is, in large part, an act of ego. When that business is a startup, the ego component is even larger. This is a good thing. Ego is what gives the founder the confidence to create something new. Ego powers the belief that the new thing the founder creates will...
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The new AI assistants may not speak your language Mind the language gap.
a year ago
AVC
Transit Tech Lab The Partnership for NYC, alongside its partners at the MTA, the Port Authority of New York and New...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
The Partnership for NYC, alongside its partners at the MTA, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, and NYC Department of Transportation, launched a call for applications for the 6th annual Transit Tech Lab this week. To kick off this year’s program, the...
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David Tran and Sriracha's $1B+ Journey How a Vietnamese-Chinese refugee took a Southeast Asian recipe and turned it into a $1B hot sauce...
a month ago
Noahpinion
Three more books about the technology wars "The Wires of War", "Four Battlegrounds", and "The Digital Silk Road"
a year ago
Noahpinion
Happy fun Cold War 2 update It's getting a little warmer out there.
6 months ago
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Last-mile delivery is so normalized that we can’t see the endgame approaching Latin American delivery businesses are now entering a new phase of consolidation into their own...
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
The Algorithm, rebuilding GA3, a new drink for the productivity-chasing professional managerial... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunities “Huge startup opportunity to just literally rebuild...
Internal Tech Emails
Mark Zuckerberg: "VR / AR strategy" We are vulnerable on mobile to Google and Apple because they make major mobile platforms. We would...
a year ago
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a year ago
We are vulnerable on mobile to Google and Apple because they make major mobile platforms. We would like a stronger strategic position in the next wave of computing.
Stephen Diehl
Haskell For a New Decade
over a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
Silicon Valley's False Prophet The tech industry has craved a messiah since the death of Steve Jobs, but in OpenAI CEO Sam Altman...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
The tech industry has craved a messiah since the death of Steve Jobs, but in OpenAI CEO Sam Altman they’ve discovered more of a false prophet — a seedy grifter that uses his remarkable ability to impress and manipulate Silicon Valley’s elite to mask a total
Noahpinion
What the Solow Model can teach us about China Economists knew back in the 1950s that a country can't build its way to infinite wealth.
a year ago
Ed Zitron's Where's...
They're Looting The Internet Last week, Meta revealed (in a motion trying to dismiss an FTC anti-monopoly lawsuit) that Instagram...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Last week, Meta revealed (in a motion trying to dismiss an FTC anti-monopoly lawsuit) that Instagram made an astonishing $32.4 billion in advertising revenue in 2021. That figure becomes even more shocking when you consider Google's YouTube made $28.8 billion in the same period....
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Incumbents die due to irrelevance or ineptitude Judging from the tech press, you’d think the biggest risk to successful companies is competition....
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Judging from the tech press, you’d think the biggest risk to successful companies is competition. But when you examine the history of…
Platformer
Substack says it will remove Nazi publications from the platform Nazi content violates rules against incitement to violence, the company says
11 months ago
XO Capital - Field...
2023 In Review 2023 was a tough year. It started out with a bang (high expectations, everything going right) and...
a year ago
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a year ago
2023 was a tough year. It started out with a bang (high expectations, everything going right) and ended with a whimper for us. The zero interest rate environment really came down hard on a few products like Cold Email Studio and now that the AI craze is cooling off, we&
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Finding and fixing slow queries Photo by Caspar Camille Rubin on Unsplash I love dashboards, and I run several on my system to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Photo by Caspar Camille Rubin on Unsplash I love dashboards, and I run several on my system to monitor my HR startup in real time. I love collecting data points around subscriptions, user activity, and most importantly, server uptime and performance. Especially now that we are...
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Write For Yourself Not your audience.
6 months ago
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To connect disparate tech scenes, Brazil, Mozambique, and Angola show language is a great unifier As Africa and Latin America form closer links between their tech scenes, similar challenges,...
a year ago
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The inevitable showdown between Twitter and Twitter apps People usually think of business competition as occurring between substitutes – products that serve...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
People usually think of business competition as occurring between substitutes – products that serve similar functions for the user.   Famous…
Noahpinion
How Ireland got so rich Once an underdog, the Emerald Isle is now on top.
a year ago
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How We Got To Now I really enjoyed Steven Johnson's How We Got To Now. I read a lot of history and science books, but...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I really enjoyed Steven Johnson's How We Got To Now. I read a lot of history and science books, but this book stood out because 1) the…
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The startup working to teach AI about African history There’s less historical material about Africa for AI to find online. Archivi.ng believes its work...
a year ago
Dustin Curtis
One of the dumbest things I've ever published While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
While I was reading through some of my older essays the other day, I came across a piece called Privacy vs. User Experience, published in 2014. In the article, I argued that Apple’s then-nascent philosophical stance on the supremacy of user privacy was going to slow down its...
Working Theorys
The Co-Sign That Changes Everything Ascendancy in any domain is a game of two moves: self-made wins and high-status vouches. You...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Ascendancy in any domain is a game of two moves: self-made wins and high-status vouches. You alternate between the two, taking leaps from one step to the next, aiming for that mythical high point (before either crashing down or fading away under the same community’s judgment or,...
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The slow transformation of Facebook in India As the general election approaches, there are few spaces where the opposition can be safe online
a year ago
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LinkedIn's Social Pivot How the 1B+ user professional network went from a cringe-inducing activity feed to a useful and less...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
How the 1B+ user professional network went from a cringe-inducing activity feed to a useful and less cringey social feed.
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A tale of two feeds Car smuggling in Bolivia is booming, despite thieves and theft victims widely documenting the...
a year ago
Stephen Diehl
On Marketing Haskell
over a year ago
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Mexico’s women gig workers are making a dangerous job safer Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting...
a month ago
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a month ago
Women delivery workers are pushing for protection from gender-based violence, creating safe meeting spots and WhatsApp support groups, and fighting for legal protections.
Platformer
Nine wild details from the new Elon Musk biography Walter Isaacson brings new tales of Jack Dorsey, that Sergey Brin selfie, and more
a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Why Arc Isn't Especially Object-Oriented
over a year ago
Paul Graham: Essays
Before the Startup
over a year ago
Data Boutique
How Data Boutique Works #3: Third Party Solutions Working with data? List your solution on Data Boutique
8 months ago
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Apple suppliers are scrambling to fill over 40,000 jobs in Vietnam Foxconn and Luxshare slashed workers. But under pressure to expand away from China, they suddenly...
a year ago
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Brazil banned X. Right-wing politicians are still using it Echoing Elon Musk, the politicians claim they are defending free speech.
3 months ago
Noahpinion
How Pakistan can join the South Asia growth boom A guest post by Murtaza Hussain
a year ago
Business Brainstorms
Airbnb real estate experiences, talking logistics, raisting testosterone, failing indie hackers, ... Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write...
a year ago
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a year ago
Hey, this is Jakob Greenfeld, author of the Business Brainstorms newsletter - every week I write this email to share the most interesting trends, frameworks, opportunities, and ideas with you. Let's dive in! 💡 Opportunity Airbnb real estate experiences. I recently visited Porto...